Preliminary design and assessment of a 50,000-bpd coal-to-methanol-to-gasoline plant. Annual report, 6 October 1980-30 September 1981
The following report covers technical activities performed under Cooperative Agreement No. DE-FC01-80ET-14759 (CA). The CA Statement of Work (SOW) encompasses the preliminary design and assessment of a 50,000-bpd coal-to-methanol-to-gasoline plant. The CA is an outgrowth of activities performed under an earlier contract for the design, construction and operation of a synthesis gas demonstration plant and the production of 1200 tons per day of anhydrous ammonia. Early in calendar year 1979, DOE voiced an opinion regarding the more favorable prospects for a coal-to-liquid-fuels facility rather than the ammonia product specified in the then-current design. DOE's opinion, together with a deterioration in the US ammonia market, led Grace to propose a change in the plant's end product to high-octane, unleaded gasoline, and expand the plant's size to that of a commercial facility producing 50,000 barrels of gasoline per day. The principal objectives of this new project are development of preliminary process and mechanical designs, selection and evaluation of the plant site, performance of economic and environmental assessments, prosecution of permits required for construction and operation, and development of plans for raw material and utility supply, product disposition, and construction, start-up and operation of the facility. Due to DOE budgetary limitations, a major revision in the original CA SOW was necessitated. The sections which follow review the SOW revisions and evaluate the technical efforts associated with each task specified in the revised CA SOW.
- Research Organization:
- Grace (W.R.) and Co., Memphis, TN (USA). Agricultural Chemicals Group
- DOE Contract Number:
- FC02-80ET14759
- OSTI ID:
- 6695584
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ET/14759-T12-DEL-10-1; ON: DE83002849
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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10 SYNTHETIC FUELS
ALCOHOLS
AMMONIA
CHEMICAL PLANTS
COAL GASIFICATION
COAL GASIFICATION PLANTS
CONTRACTS
DEMONSTRATION PLANTS
DESIGN
DIAGRAMS
ECONOMICS
ENGINEERING
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
FLUIDS
FUELS
GASES
GASIFICATION
GASOLINE
GASOLINE PLANTS
HYDRIDES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
LIQUID FUELS
MANAGEMENT
METHANOL
MOBIL M-GASOLINE PROCESS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN HYDRIDES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
PLANNING
PRODUCTION
SYNTHESIS
SYNTHESIS GAS
TEXACO GASIFICATION PROCESS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
US DOE
US ORGANIZATIONS